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Metallic

//ˈmɛʈælɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
  2. 2
    Made of or containing metal.

    "[…] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams."

  3. 3
    Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.

    "No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation."

  4. 4
    Having the appearance of being of polished metal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A metallic color.

    "As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”"

  2. 2
    a yarn made partly or entirely of metal wordnet
  3. 3
    a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.

Etymology 2

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.

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